We don’t have a large permanent greenhouse yet or enough space in our little cabin to get seedlings going early. We decided that making little temporary greenhouses (a.k.a poly tunnels) would be the next best thing. We built ours over existing raised beds, but any growing space could be covered with a poly tunnel. The […]
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What is the nations largest irrigated crop? Our inedible lawns.Gimme Green is an amusing documentary about our obsession with lawns. You can watch the entire movie at http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/festival/play/7388/
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We finally had our first (and hopefully last) stretch of bad weather this winter. It started with a good shower of ice pellets, followed by sleet, followed with temperatures in the teens. The next day brought an inch or so of real snow and single-digit temperatures. All of which caused school closures all week for
We are ready to get our bees! Loren has cut and milled the cedar boards and we have about a month to get our top bar hive built. We’ll keep you posted, so *bee* looking for our updates!
We picked up another load of horse manure to mix in with our own less-than-ideal “soil” to fill the new garden beds. We will top the beds off with some organic garden soil and a layer of mulch, and then let them sit for a couple of months until we’re ready to plant.
“Reading a book doesn’t just mean turning the pages. It means thinking about it, identifying parts that you want to go back to, asking how to place it in a broader context, pursuing the ideas. There’s no point in reading a book if you let it pass before your eyes and then forget about it
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“In ancient Rome, the poet Juvenal used the phrase bread and circuses to describe the political strategy of a number of corrupt Roman emperors. To keep the populace happy and to distract them from foreign and domestic policy failures, these emperors provided cheap daily bread and frequent circuses—mainly gladiatorial contests and other riveting games. According
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